Legal Opinion

United States v. John W. Patterson, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 25, 1989No. 88-1497PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The government appealed from the district court’s determination that the prior convictions of defendant, John W. Patterson, Jr., for breaking and entering under Mass.Gen.L. ch. 266, §§ 16,18 did not qualify as predicate offenses for sentence enhancement pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). After we issued an opinion reversing the district court, we withdrew the opinion and ordered a rehearing on the issue of whether the government had a right to appeal the sentence in this case.

We…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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  3. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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  5. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by61 opinions

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